<p>I’ve had a few great sushi meals in life, but can’t afford much of it, and refuse to get cheap premade. We make our own, more the kids than me, as they were instructed by their Japanese aunt at a young age. Once or twice, I’ve gone out for Japanese as a splurge, and asked for Ikura, my favorite-salmon eggs. It has come rancid, disgusting. I’ll take a California or Philadelphia roll in place after this. Far more reliable.</p>
<p>@xiggi, the aji I am referring to is definitely Japanese spanish mackerel. Here in Los Angeles it is not that difficult to find. :)</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>Oh, I don’t doubt it. And beignets are also easy to find in New Orleans. Does not mean that Caf</p>
<p>EK4… I’m pretty sure your favorite sushi place on the Eastside is also the favorite place of DH and I (where we go when we’re in the Seattle area, usually for lunch and dinner and lunch again before leaving). We have an almost-as-good place here in Portland, but it’s not the same (although we go at least once a week).</p>
<p>My favorite dish at any sushi place is tuna poke. DH likes salmon sashimi.</p>
<p>We have one of those all you can eat conveyor belt places by here. It’s less than 1/2 price if you’re under 13 so in the months leading up to my S’s 13th birthday we went about 4 times.</p>
<p>I am a huge unagi fan, but for raw fish I’d rather have sashimi. Luckily we have a great sushi place that delivers so I can have both in the comfort of my own home.</p>
<p>We just had sushi at one of the hipster places with the computerized toilet. I didnt try out all the settings, but just having it warm was pretty fun.
I just ordered basic tempura rolls for myself & H. D & her bf had udon soup, sea snails, scallops & salmon skin hand roll.
Id never had sea snails before, they tasted like clams. ( everything was cooked)
Her bf is also half-Japanese so I had him correct my pronunciations!
It was very good, next time I will be more adventurous.</p>
<p>And @xiggi, I find it a bit disrespectful that you imply I do not know the difference. I choose not to make assumptions about you since I have no idea who you are or what your life experiences have been. I guess we can agree to disagree and then let it go. Sorry if my original post offended you.</p>
<p>I did not imply anything nor found your statements offensive. I did not make any assumptions about you. </p>
<p>I merely tried to --politely-- point out that aji is not japanese spanish mackerel but horse mackerel. If you think it is, power to you. This is not an issue of knowing the difference between the two types of mackerel, but simply one of a bad translation.</p>
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It was Yo! Sushi and it is very near that spot on the map.</p>
<p>Funny that people are commenting on the bidet toilet seats in some of these restaurants. We installed one in our home years ago. I think Brondell and Toto are the most popular. I recently saw an off brand model at Costco for $200 or so.</p>
<p>Highly recommended.</p>
<p>For some reason I thought OP was going to talk about how they loved sushi and
never washed their hands…<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1428361-why-i-dont-eat-sushi-why-i-wash-my-hands.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1428361-why-i-dont-eat-sushi-why-i-wash-my-hands.html</a></p>
<p>carry on!</p>
<p>Musica,
My place only occasionally has Toro on the board, so it’s always a treat. I once paid $23 for a piece of o-toro in San Francisco, but didn’t think it was any better than my chef’s $8 chu-toro. However the toro tartare with caviar and foie gras that I received with Nobu’s omakase offering was unforgettable.</p>
<p>*Funny that people are commenting on the bidet toilet seats in some of these restaurants. We installed one in our home years ago. I think Brondell and Toto are the most popular. I recently saw an off brand model at Costco for $200 or so.</p>
<p>Highly recommended.*</p>
<p>I think it is just me commenting- but I had never heard of such a thing. ( I don’t travel much) When I told my D that I was going to check it out, she thought I was talking about a " traditional" type & couldnt understand why I was interested! ( she has traveled to rural India & Africa where those are more common)</p>
<p>Anyway, *I thought *it was pretty cool.</p>
<p>I found a vegetarian sushi class, but I think Im leaning toward the lime & coconut one.
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<p>We have A LOT of sushi places in HI. In fact, they have people who will come to your party & have a sushi bar for a charge/person (am going to one in two hours at my sister’s place). Have never had bad sushi in the many years I’ve had it–in HI & elsewhere. We are spoiled because we can get reasonably-priced, very fresh sushi in HI, so do not order it too often when we travel.</p>
<p>Personally, I do not connect sushi with bidets, but it seems some others do. Have never been to a sushi place with bidets so far. My SIL & brother did buy the Costco bidet toilet seat; they like it but I find it takes some getting used to.</p>
<p>NYC had one of those conveyer belt sushi delivery restaurants too. No clue what the name was but it sure is easy to overeat there.</p>
<p>Eons ago the conveyor belt sushi was in the ground floor of the Empire State building or at least within spitting distance of it. I’ve been to similar places in San Francisco and Japan. My favorite sushi is anything made by my sister-in-law or her Japanese mother. (She makes a mean spicy tuna among many other things.) I also really love eel.</p>
<p>I find the prices at at the conveyor belt sushi places really add up & we avoid them as a general rule. You can get much better quality & prices at a regular sushi place, in our experience. There are several different chains with conveyor belts in our city.</p>